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t _ 4 ADVERTISERS As a medium through which | to sell your wates The Democrat is unexcelled, in country Newsaperdom Our subscribers are readers and Buyer*. VOLUME XXXVI. iTto^k B,r Arthur Brisbane WHAT IS INTERESTING? COOL1DGE COMMON SENSE * THE "NO-MAN*' HUSBAND JOHN D'S GRANDSON >4. Judge Gary says times are all right business is good and there is no reason why ft shouldn't remain good. The recent slump followed too much speculating after the election. High finance, and middle class finance, ridiculously and unnecessarily frightened by La Folletto's candidacy wer.t on a stock gambling debauch when H danger was ove. The slump is tli** headache following the- d? b?iu eh. (Iif.lt i1- till' p:?UV! of -ru'licc wlli' h has found :i \vr?y prevent death by gas asphyviat ion. Oil of red poppers is mixed with the gas in minute inexpensive quantities. While the gas burns you don't notice it. But if th? gas is turned on tin lighted, or there i- ,i leak, the pepper oil, mixing in \v;th the air, causes violent sneezing forcing you to rush from the house ' > relief. Simple and sure. Oil ? n met a. aiitys thai win imvu. re-M corrosion hope to produce "an automobile that will never wear out" Today's automobiles answer the description pretty well if you keep them oiled and give them decent care. Profesor Bonnevie, of Oslo Unisays a man nc**d not be so a wise after all, in order to know his 'own father. Paternity can he proved, the professor say.-, by the resemblance of a child's fingerprints to those of his fat hi r. Professor Bonnevie. who is a lady can instantly identify the father of any yt?unp baby by tin fingerprints. President Ooolidge talked Rood common sense on "giving preference to fcbtne industry ami American work men. Newspapers say he defended such uref^'cnoo, but there is no need for di .tense. The duty of a nation, its government and its chief executives is to work for thai nation, and for the working people that have created it. The British are not bashful about giving the preference to British workers. In every advertisement you read "British made** or "British Built." Too many Americans brag about the fact that what they offer is "imported from England" as though there were nothing fit to use or produce 111 this country. If you MAKE your money in America SPEND it in America. y Miss Nora Bayes* experience commands respectful attention. Returning with her fifth husband she says she is 011 her first real honeymoon, because this husband is a "NO-MAN." The experienced lady divides husbands into the weak "YES-MAN" ami the powerful manly "NO-MAN." The "no-man" as you guess, harks back to the cave and knows how tc say "No." A woman likes to be bossed. says Miss Bay^s, and soon gets tied of a "YES-MAN." An interesting definition of husbands but theee is such a thing a? saying "NO" too often. Who know? but that No. 6 may be another YES MAN?" Fowler McOormick, grandson o: John B. Rockefeller, and heir to i great Harvester Trust fortune, i; working as a day laborer in a har vester plant sorting out heavy meta castings. "There's a hero for you " says th< public opinion. Men succeed and rule other mei by the use of the mental MAIN SPRING. The three greatest ruler ef men in history are Alexander, Cae ?ar and Napoleon. None of them sta ted as a simple soldier in the t*ank* Alexander at thirty was ruler of th ^ world. St.SO Per Year BOOn? T PROMINENT WATAUGA CITIZEN DIES SATURDAY After an illness of only six days Mr. Wiliiam H. Hardin of Route 1. , died at his home of pneumonia on Saturday at 10:30 p. m. He had been j i afflicted with rheumatism and for ; some time had suffered a great deal but continued to work on his beautiful farm, one of the best in the county. On Monday h?* went on business to a neighbor's and was taken ill away from home. He was brought back and pneumonia soon set in, which despite the best medical aid procurable , continued to grow worse until the t end came. Mr. Hardin was a member of one of our most prominent and best knon families and possibly no one had more real friends. He was horn 73 years ago just east of Boone and his entire life has been spent in WatauiM. and she can boast of no more worthy v.on or upright citizen. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hardin long since deceased, and leaves a wife, formerly Miss Sarah Winkler, two sons Messrs Oscar and Henry, merchants in Boone; three brother.-. Messrs .1. F. and II. J. Har i uin a.hi James Hardin ?.f Washington <<<ilege. Term, and one sister Mrs. Win. Snamhour of Cleveland. Term. Mr. Hardin was a consistent memi l?er of Howard's Creek Paptist church 1 and lived fully up to hi? Christian profession. The funeral was miuiuct 'd from the Methodist church, hov< ever by the pastor. Rev M. 15. Wuosley, who paid high tribute to the life, and character of deceased. Interment was made in the town cemetery r the presence of a large concourse of rids and relative- from d*ifferent the county. Truly another | good man has passed t <? his reward. CHEVROLET MAKES GREAT PRODUCTION RECORD IN APRIL Detroit, Mich.. April 18 Thej Chevrolet Motor Company is producing this month an April record oC, 52,201) motor cars and trucks or over 2,000 for each working day. This monthly schedule, planned al! so for May and June, has been cxcco| ded only twice in the company's history. At the present rate Chevrolet will produce its "two-millionth" car early ibis fall. It will be the first thrce>|i*.-ed g ar shift type of cat to reach that totai. Of the ears being made this month 4:;.are destined for domestic sale >.2 1 are t?? be exported and .">,500 are to be built ir. the Chevrolet plant in Canada. Accelerated by the demand for the improved new series with refinements previously obtainable only in cars of much higher price, the Chevrolet pro' actio n has mounted rapidly since the first of January. The capacity program requires approximately 17,"45 workers at the twelve Chevrolet factory and assemj bly plants throughout the country. The popularity of the new Chevrolet models ha developed a unique situation in which sales and production figures are practically identical. ] 1 Unfilled orders on hand indicate ;hat' production for the next three months even at the high pace set, will be absorbed at once. 1 MOUNTAIN POTATOES PLEASE GEORGIA GROWERS During the month of February the 1 Mountain Seed Potato Growers' Association shipped a carload of poi tatoes to a group of farmers.A few ? days ago the county agent received , a letter, one paragraph of which read r as follows: "This car of potatoes was the nicest which we have ever seen . and this has been the expression of n each man of the 200 who bough the < potatoes." The County Agen states that there has bee nothing but favorable comment from any to whom the p>ta[ toes have been shipped this year. This 1 speaks well for the future of * he 5 business. Caesar started in Roman politics, became a soldier, went to Gan 1 and grew powerful enough to frighten the Senate, and he ruled the world, including Rome. * Napoleon went to a military aca demy, studied and read books, used s his brain, and HE ruled the world. r To have a son worth while, give 5. j him the best chance you can. First e, good health, then education, then a | good start. iu$a WATAUGA COUNTY. NORTH C WILKES MAN GETS 40 YEAR SENTENCE Paul M. Crouch Convicted of Communism by Court Martial in Honolulu? Was Organizing to Overthrow the Government. (Wilkes Journal.) Pavd M. Crouch, son of Mr. and Mr- I. M. Crouch; of Hayes, this county, who was sentenced to prison y court martial for alleged communistic activities sti the army in Honolulu for a period of 40 years, is considered an unusual personage by those who knew him here. He is saiu by those who are intimately acquainted with h'm to possess a peculiar intellect, and that he is an odd nature He is about 21 years of ajre. Vourtg Crouch was horn near Motn Falls, six miles southeast of *' :s . , A few years following his birth 1' - parents moved to Delaware. H- 1 Paul attended school, but wi h tfc< - xceptiun of a year or twe of tr; ".i, u in high school, his education has been limited to home train'Uj?. lie has read much and whatever communist ideas he has gathered have beei. acquired by reading bod,ks on tills subject. He ha> a wonderful mentality, 't is learned, arid is capable .if discussing almost any subject, bica1, national or .liternationah After spending a few years ii? Dela\ if young Crouch's father purchased a farm in Florida, and they relieved to thai state. Not satisfied in \hj extreme south, they came hack to their native state and county and to tied near Ha>s postofllec, where fulav the a?,vd parentreside in a lilt lc humble cottage in the foothills v :\w Bine Ridge mountains of north western North Carolina. While in this state young Crouch became interested in the newspaper business. For several months he worked in a country newspaper office Later he did some newspaper work n Statesx die on the Sentinel. His duties were of a lcpoiioiia! nature. and ho contributed to some extent to the editorial columns of the StutesviHe paper He was seen here on several occasions while dpi tig newspaper work, having come hack to Wilkes to visit his aged parents. Vie seemed to he a home loving hoy, fond of his aged father and mother, ami the last boy in the world i?? try t< overthrow his own government. While working in a local newspapc office it is learned that he quite frequently talked of communism. H< was greatly interested in the affair; of Russia, especially thai countrylate form of government. He alway.. coined to be more interested in far away matters thai; those nearer horn* International questions would at.trac1 so much of his time and attentior that often he would become quite car ried away with them and lose a por tion of his right-thinking and corn mon sense. While some of his dis cussions were along Communist line his attitude was not taker, seriously Often his peculiar ideas were discou aged by those with him and man; times his close friends pleaded witl him to put aside his peculiar views ! He is considered a poor, innocen mountain lioy. who has let his pecu liar ideas get him into trouble. | While at his mountain home younj | Crouch was greatly interested in 'Es , perante, an international lanffuaRti ! He can speak, English, Spanis! : French, German and knows some ' thing of Russia. Since he has beei i stationed at Honolulu friends hav i received letters in which he state* that he and other young men wer making efforts to publish a tnaga | zine or paper in Honolulu in the in : terest of the international language Several years ago the North (Tare I tina youth made an attempt to joii j the army in this state, but later dc : t ided not to enlist, as he considers I his constitution not strong enough fo I army life. He is a frail youth, aroun six feet in heighth. Those who ar keeping up with his activities stat that he enlisted in some non-combat ant section of the army. vvnue ne is a young man wno taiK intelligently, one cannot help but se that he has an odd way of expressin himself, and that his ideas and view n^ght be at times considered not or ly peculiar .and odd, but possibl cranky. Young Crouch has the figh ing spirit of the "Old North State and the blood of the Anglo-Saxer who inhabit this section of the coui try. He is known to be a boy of goo character and to have religious inc: nations. It is difficult for his hom< AROL1NA, THURSDAY APRIL 23. I NOMJNESS NAMED FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION I A large crowd was present at the! town ma.-s meeting or convention on' Tuesday night, the best of feeling prevailed throughout the meeting and he fohowing gentlemen were no mi-, nated. j.nd of course will be elected i op Ma\ :>th. For Mayor: D. Jones Cottreil. ? x 'u-'iiiin: uc. . .>1. Modges, , A. V. Howell and L. L. Bingham. They are all fine business mosn and I well qualified to fill the positions to which they will be elected. The town, is to he congratulaetd upon its se)ec-l tton of these splendid citizens to pre-! side over her destinies for the next: two years. ROYAL ARCH MASONS ENTERTAIN LADIES O. E. S One of the most enjoyable fetes of the season was the entertainment giv-: en ih< ladies of the Order of the Last* \ ; Star by the Royal Arch Ma-< in the hall Monday night. A iittlc program had been arranged for the o resion 'all fur. of course) con-] of songs, debate, etc. and it: a carried out to perfection: Several ol lh< young ladies were given an opportunity to ueiye into some of J the mysteries of the order?in factf hey were escorted to the cast and given full control of the chapter, but alas! ere they could even learn the use of the common gavel, pandenion jiuni broke loose anions the brethrenj and the lady's inability to govern was manifest.. Then as if quickened by a flash >t electricity (?) they decendiid from the historic seat without much knowledge of the workings of the mystic order. The ladies as well] as the men seemed to enjoy it to J the fullest Ice cream in five painted] ! stars, and cake were served afte?* the ] program was rendered. S. C. EGGERS BUSINESS CHANGES HANDS TODAY The feed and grain business own-' ed by S. Eggers and Company has been sold to Mr. E. M. Presnel! of i Beech Creek and the business goes into the hands of the purchaser today, i From the start the busincsr has been . a paying one. and today it is conaid: rod tine of the best in the town. Uei ccuily Messrs Eggers and South , bought the interest of Charles Younee in the store and the;, were the sole owners. Mr. Eggers says he has no bea of leaving Boone, but has not yet decided just what he will do. OPENING OF DANIEL BOONE HOTEL MAY BE DEFERREDj It now appears that the opening of j i the Daniel Boom- Hotel will have toj ^ ho deferred for a few days as it seems. . physical impossibility to tret it rea-j . iiv for occupancy Ma\ 1. Every ef- j . fort possible is being put ;"o?tb. hut j _ the lime is just a bit too short. The s; building is complete, the plumbing is; almost done, and the grounds are r; low being put in shape. Painters are i doing some touching up. the windows j 111 are being cleaned and many other j ; activities are going on about the t! buildings. Quantities of furnishings _ .ire now on the railroad siding and , will be put in just as soon as the r building is ready. We are not author-1 . i i/ed to say as much, but just now it . seems that the formal opening will 1 111 not take place until May 8. 1 ! e MEAT CAMP ITEMS 1 . e We are glad to say thai the sick of the community in general are all right much improved. Quite a number of the folks from here attended the funeral of Mrs. j n! Ha&aman in Boone Sunday evening. Mr. Clyde Winebarger drove up jj from Lenoir Sunday and spent the I night with his parents making his| j return on Monday. e| Dr. Jeffcoat and family were vis-e itors at the regular evening service! at Mt. Zion church Sunday. On lact Co?nv/J-?i- f nn 1 till, ^ children of Mrs. W. F. Lookabill set t her a nice dinner at her home, it ^ being her fifty-first birthday. Mrs. Jacob Wineharger and children spent Friday night with her -ister Mrs. H. H. Prortit of Boone > I! F. D. 1 Mr. Dayton Wilson of the Ford Motor Co.. was in town Saturday. Mrs. John Beach visited relatives on the Rich Mountain last week end. d i i- folk to realize that he has such a long| ?- sentence hanging over bin.. I Krai i I ijflR &25 5 Cte. aCopy THE PASSING OF A GOOD WOMAN TiuJy ?i the midst of life we are ;n death, the dispositions of divine; wisdom are always ritrhr. notwithstanding* our limited vision cannot see them: our imperfect 1::. w de-e cannot understand th?*in; our poor philosophy cannot < \pl;? : theipL On Saturday mor? ;? ,? -f tin 18th of April just as the Inrd? began to sing i the first ray- of the morning . . ? ? i < -i. v*.ii niwi ocuu vi i u I spring day, the soul of Margaret Hagaman wife of George I*. Hagaman passed, to ' great silent beyond She had been seriously sick of the dread,-,! pneumonia following flu for -me days. The town huA waited with hatv-cl breath arid bow, -! heads, hoping and praying tha ti might not be the last call. When the news spread through the town that the end had come strong men stood on the streets and wept lik" hildren. I have never before witr < d such univei-a? sorrow on the passing of any one, bm the eason i- clear?she had found h i way into he heart and life of niim- ev cry ma- . woman and ? ( .1 m Un?)?n and ? far out int? the remotest < ctio of the county. I i always cot -o.len d n one oi my nest fort vi - ? . have known Miuitely i childhood <: ! i\ e had : -;> . tie; - of tiful life. Abe it i.hirty year m: . when a girl' of about twelve year- <?f age, :he. ivi company wit h a girl friend of hers. - pent . night in out home. In the late hours of the night, about one o'clock, we were a wake rod by th< op-j citing oi the door of the room where they v i re sleeping. Shi ? ' our' room, her f ice aglow with a heavenly; light, like that 1 have a: .ays imag-J the first martyr as he stood before Sntihediin. She declared that .-he was experiencing an indescribable glory in God's saving power and grace. She was happy almost beyond her con-1 trol. Evert her physical being, as she expressed it. felt as if it were new. 1 have iievefctbefnre or since witnessed such a revelation of glory in a human soul. I have watcher! that wonderful life from "chat day to the day of hei death and here is where I must so misera-j bly fail in attempting to speak of it She immediately began to make her] life felt all about lie;. She nought out I those who needed, help, the poo*, the neglected, the children of the community who.-c opp.n lur.it a s vver. not equal to the best To tho.-e she held out her hand with * nat smile that she carried ;i!\va\. Hundreds of young men and women, scattered far and wide are day remembering the time the mam rimes, when she brought new hope and tourage into their lives Her lift- wa< net an attempted snow of the good. ' in the humble quiet spirit she altered deeds of love and kindness vverywhere. i\otwitn>:.tuning ner domestic (laties and cures she always found abundant time to devote to the publ:; good. Sh? ":*rested herself in evi'n. movent**. (.' ?! the betterment, of hei , town an;! ? >uxity. She had but one. rule of life and this she applied to the solutio: ol every problem?"Is it right ?" After thiity years of deliberation' 1, withe hesitancy say that she has lived the most devoted, consecrated, beautiful Christian life that I have ever seen A book, a large book would be necessary to contain the many, many noc le Christian acts of her life* her faithfulness to the church and every g > i for which it stands It was the passion of her life to help young men and women to a higher life and as the days go by' we shal: >ee unfolding in the lives, of the young all about us the mar-j velous fruitage of the seed sowingj of this godly woman. Our hearts are sad. We shai. miss: her: keenly do we feel our great loss ?only ours SMITH HAGAMAX. CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT Archdeacon Griffith of Asheville 1. O. M n win preacn m 01. maiy s episcopal Church. Heaver Creek. Ashe county on Sunday May 3, at 11 o'clock. Misses Adeline Howell and Evangeline PcnnM! of Crickett and Prof. O. F. Barr.hardt of Concord were Saturday guests of Prof, and Mrs. T. A. Williams. The young people spent the afternoon at Blowing Rock. "THIS WEEK* by Brisbane. world's highest salaried editor is a feature we carry, handled hitherto by on| ly the metropolitan Dailies. Read this column weekly. NUMBER 16. COVE CREEK H. S. ~ COMMENCEMENT Hon. W. B. Austin Will speak at Closing of County High School.? Reverend A. C. Sherwood Will Deliver Sermon. TW, * * . mrimcru- rru nt oi tn>? Cove ('n;r High School will Le he'd ' n Friday, .-'a urday and Sunday April 24, 2" and 26th. Or Friday night the children of the grades will give a urogram consuming of drills operettas and songs. The seventh grade " ill present a play ''Hot., the Miner* Daughter." Saturday morning at 10 o'clock the senior das- will render the class exercises foil owed by the annual address to tl graduating cla s by Hon. \V. B. Aus* n of Jefferson, N. ' . Mr. A?'>t:* v. : l en.ernr* i d a a >tu uenr 01 ' Appalachsa*: Train log School class of i'ffi?'-. since that feiihe he has graduated at the jUniversity of North < 'arolina and is now a promira nt lawyer of Jefferson. Saturday evening a* S :0<> o'clock the <cii:or (la: will present a play, * 7h: Dpst of ihe Earth." The ad: pS'i'ss on for thi play will be 25 cents * adu!' . children Finally Sunday mominp at b;30 there will a joiht Sunday School of t'. : h? a rest Sunday Schools of the ? ' I 111!ill! > Ml. J. L*?. Koct ?n :i noriutcmit ut tmmedh:tely after the Sunday School exercises, Rev. A. Sherwood of hnv.n. Tennessee iIi preach the annual svrnu mi. 1 he principal. M S V. Horton. evteruls a cordial n.citation to the friends of the school to come out io the exercise- and joiii with us in mail itig these being days both pleasant :?* .1 profitable. WKIT'NG LUMBER COMPANY IS AGAIN IN OFERaTION The Whiting Lumber Company has again started up business on a big scale. Mr. Whiti^y ha> reorganised the company and will finish cutting the timber bf the defunct Cherokee Company, both in the neighborhood of the lug raid and on the Rich Moun tain tracts. The iog road leading to the mountain timhe.i has been thoroughly repaired, and the logging train will be running over it again in tne very near future. The starting of the riar* will give employment to a large number of men. and will as result. put in circulation "unite a vol pare 01 money. WORTH WHILE CLUE Friday after',.-on April 17. quite :t number of tin iadies of the Worth While Club met the borne ox Mi>. \Valt?M- Johnson for a special player . ice for om i ?" the most highly esteemed member Mrs. G. P. rlagaman. Practically all of the afternoon vas given for ih-s service. Many* pray-, rs were offered for her recovers and many words of praise spoken .n her behalf. Previous to the plan for this special service Mrs Johnson had asked the privilege of entertaining the club at the regular meeting and had pro:~ pared a very appeticing plate lunch for the guests. Mrs. Robert Castle expressed a de sire to entert-.n the club at the next regular meeting May 1. ROUTE 2 Misses Blanche and sister Lois Miller spent Saturday right svith Miss Lei a Davis. Rev. Williams of Todd filled his regular appointment at Hopewell on Sunday. M iss Bina Stinson of Bv,one spent the week end with home folks. Miss Laura Prt ffit and sister Lun da spent Sunday with Miss Ida Lewis. Mr. and Mrs George Adams of Boone spent Saturday night with home folks on Riddle Fork. Mr. John Ragan spent the week end at home. Mr. Clifford N orris from Sorry to say that Mrs. L. F. Ragan is very ill at this writing. Mr. Ronda Davis of Boone spent Saturday night with his parents. On Monday evening there was an egg hunt at the Lutheran church. Misses Fay Gross, Virginia South and Ralph Mast were the recipients of the cash prizes offered by Mayor Hahn for the largest pile of trash gathered together during the cleanup campaign last week.
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